Etienne Calsac 'Les Rocheforts' Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne, France [b23] 1.5L Magnum Altre Vie in southern Kagoshima

in southern Kagoshima

light skin maceration overnight and gentle racking

La Forest is always the most structured and stony of the Dauvissat premiers crus

This rosé pet nat is 100% Garnacha from two small 70-year-old

Maceration with the skins lasts around 4 months (warmer vintages usually entail a shorter time on the skins and the cooler ones a longer stretch)

Etienne Calsac 'Les Rocheforts' Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne, France [b23] 1.5L Magnum Altre Vie in southern KagoshimaOrganic. 100% Chardonnay. The base vintage of 2023 comprises 80% of the cuve, with the other 20% coming from a reserve perpetual solera started in 2012. Sourced entirely from a single parcel called Les Rocheforts, situated in the town of Bisseuil, a premier cru village in the Cte des Blancs. Vines average 35 years in age the soil is chalk and the exposure is southeast. Only the coeur de cuvee juice is used. Primary fermentation in tank with malolactic